OBLATE RADIO LISELI

Oblate Radio Liseli is located in Mongu the provincial capital of Western Province. The Western Province’s road infrastructure is not fully developed. Some of the towns are completely cut off from Mongu especially in the rainy season when the plains are flooded and the only way to make contact is by water transport, which takes three times longer than on dry land.

The oblates took long journeys to reach out to the faithful. Therefore, discussions on how to best evangelise the remotest parts (outstations) of their parishes began. This is because the weekly visitations did not seem to suffice the needs of the parishioners as some outstations would only be visited twice in a year.

The idea of setting up a radio station was therefore started in December 2000 during the Annual Delegation Assembly at which the Oblates identified five key areas they wanted to be involved in. One of which was involvement in Multi-Media evangelization.

The radio station was seen as one that would go beyond boundaries and physical challenges.

The equipment was ordered and a site was located at the St. John’s Secondary school’s Old dormitories.